5th Chess Hub U1800 Classical Tournament

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34 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Ampang Selangor, Malaysia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1711, and top seed was Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain (🇲🇾 MAS, 1786).

Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain (🇲🇾 MAS, 1786) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Mohd Bakri Bakal (5.5) and Afzan Hamizan Abdul Rahman (5.0). Mohd. Zain won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kaaviya Rathakrishnan (1537) beat Joon Hoong Chay (1784), a +247-point gap.

Location

🇲🇾Ampang Selangor, Malaysia

Dates

10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇾Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain1786

Avg top 10

1,711

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇲🇾Malaysia×30

🇯🇵Japan×1

Top 3

🥇
Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain
🇲🇾MAS·1786
6.5pts·2112perf+64.5
🥈
Mohd Bakri Bakal
🇲🇾MAS·1750
5.5pts·1845perf+15.4
🥉
Afzan Hamizan Abdul Rahman
🇲🇾MAS·1664
5.0pts·1777perf+18.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Mohd. Zain6.5Bakal5.5Abdul Rahman5Ting5Shen4.5Razeef4.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain beat Mohd Bakri Bakal (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain 5 wins (R1–R5)Mohd Bakri Bakal 4 wins (R1–R4)Afzan Hamizan Abdul Rahman 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Harith Kamil Zafri Mohd. Zain	*	1	1	—
2Mohd Bakri Bakal	0	*	½	1
3Afzan Hamizan Abdul Rahman	0	½	*	½
4De Jun Richard Ting	—	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mohd. Zain, Harith Kamil Zafri	1786	MAS	+15N	+7B	+5N	+3B	+2N	=6B	+11N	6.5	28.0	31.5	29.25	2112	+64.5
2	Bakal, Mohd Bakri	1750	MAS	+32B	+27N	+21B	+4N	−1B	+5N	=3B	5.5	26.5	28.5	19.50	1845	+15.4
3	Abdul Rahman, Afzan Hamizan	1664	MAS	+16B	+30N	+6B	−1N	=4B	+14N	=2N	5.0	28.5	30.5	18.75	1777	+18.0
4	Ting, De Jun Richard	1578	MAS	+33B	+10N	+25B	−2B	=3N	=9B	+6N	5.0	26.5	27.5	17.25	1814	+50.4
5	Razeef, Nurazizul Hisham Nuzulfikar	1690	MAS	+12B	+8N	−1B	=27N	+17B	−2B	+15N	4.5	27.5	30.0	16.75	1724	+14.4
6	Shen, Ree Yang	1758	MAS	+14N	+17B	−3N	+30B	+21N	=1N	−4B	4.5	26.5	28.5	15.25	1693	-9.8
7	Gokita, Kensei	1617	JPN	+22B	−1N	+12B	=8N	−14B	+16N	+17B	4.5	25.5	28.5	16.25	1589	-9.2
8	Azha Syahril, Asyraf Firdaus	1574	MAS	+19N	−5B	+11N	=7B	=23N	+21B	=9N	4.5	24.0	27.0	16.50	1719	+40.0
9	Chua, Wen Herng	0	MAS	=20B	=13N	=24B	+22N	+27B	=4N	=8B	4.5	23.0	25.5	15.50	1627	0.0
10	Chua, Kang Zhuang	1702	MAS	+18N	−4B	−30N	+31B	=15N	+13N	+14B	4.5	21.5	23.5	14.75	1614	-12.8
11	Chay, Joon Hoong	1784	MAS	−30B	+16N	−8B	+12N	+32B	+23N	−1B	4.0	23.5	25.5	12.50	1592	-28.4
12	Mohd Eizuddin, Muhd Elman	1482	MAS	−5N	+19B	−7N	−11B	+31N	+28B	+21N	4.0	22.0	24.0	11.00	1568	+20.8
13	Hasan Basri, Muhd Ariji	1664	MAS	=31N	=9B	+18N	−21B	+30N	−10B	+22N	4.0	20.5	22.5	11.75	1550	-12.0
14	Tee, Yuan Zhi Matthias	1532	MAS	−6B	+26N	=23B	+24N	+7N	−3B	−10N	3.5	24.5	27.0	11.50	1611	+29.6
15	Mohd Eizuddin, Muhd Emran	1562	MAS	−1B	−22N	+20B	+33N	=10B	+27N	−5B	3.5	24.5	25.5	9.25	1682	+32.4
16	Woo,Chee Tak Ethan	0	MAS	−3N	−11B	+19N	+28B	=20N	−7B	+29N	3.5	23.0	25.5	10.25	1518	0.0
17	Adjmain, Mohd Yusri	1604	MAS	+26B	−6N	=22B	+25N	−5N	+18B	−7N	3.5	22.5	25.0	10.00	1448	-15.8
18	Abdullah Hidayat, Uwaiz Aamir	1498	MAS	−10B	+33N	−13B	=26N	+25B	−17N	+24B	3.5	20.0	21.0	7.75	1447	-9.6
19	Sivam, Haryshwa	0	MAS	−8B	−12N	−16B	=29N	+33B	+25N	+26B	3.5	19.5	20.5	7.25	726	0.0
20	Sivabalan, Dherwisan	1634	MAS	=9N	−25B	−15N	+34B	=16B	=26N	+31N	3.5	18.5	18.5	7.25	760	-24.0
21	Ho, Xing Ern Megan	1472	MAS	+23B	+28B	−2N	+13N	−6B	−8N	−12B	3.0	25.5	28.0	9.50	1597	+42.4
22	Khairul Azli, Nur Azra Hana	0	MAS	−7N	+15B	=17N	−9B	=24B	+32N	−13B	3.0	23.0	25.0	8.75	1593	0.0
23	Kamaruzaman, Norazwan	1672	MAS	−21N	+29B	=14N	+32N	=8B	−11B	F	3.0	19.5	19.5	8.50	1498	-23.4
24	Rathakrishnan, Ilanchezhliyan	1593	MAS	=25N	=31B	=9N	−14B	=22N	+30B	−18N	3.0	19.0	21.0	8.00	1388	-32.8
25	Mohd Imran, Nur Alisha Qaisara	0	MAS	=24B	+20N	−4N	−17B	−18N	−19B	+30N	2.5	22.0	24.0	7.00	1516	0.0
26	Mohd Imran, Muhd Irfan Zafri	0	MAS	−17N	−14B	+29N	=18B	=28N	=20B	−19N	2.5	20.0	22.5	7.25	1427	0.0
27	Suze, Zi Nan	1608	MAS	+34N	−2B	+31N	=5B	−9N	−15B	F	2.5	20.0	20.0	4.25	1394	-29.6
28	Kanthakumar, Jayhan	1639	MAS	+29B	−21N	−32B	−16N	=26B	−12N	+34B	2.5	17.5	17.5	3.75	689	-83.6
29	FIDE 35871431	0	—	−28N	−23N	−26B	=19B	+34N	+33N	−16B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.75	854	0.0
30	Rathakrishnan, Kaaviya	1537	MAS	+11N	−3B	+10B	−6N	−13B	−24N	−25B	2.0	25.0	27.5	8.50	1569	+10.4
31	Woo, Soo Kit	0	MAS	=13B	=24N	−27B	−10N	−12B	+34N	−20B	2.0	21.5	21.5	3.50	1340	0.0
32	Hj Sapuan, Ngasiman	1515	MAS	−2N	+34B	+28N	−23B	−11N	−22B	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	2.50	1517	0.0
33	FIDE 35847514	0	—	−4N	−18B	+34N	−15B	−19N	−29B	F	1.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	745	0.0
34	FIDE 35881100	0	—	−27B	−32N	−33B	−20N	−29B	−31B	−28N	0.0	15.0	16.0	0.00	797	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mohd. Zain, Harith Kamil ZafriMAS
+64.5
6.5 pts · #1
2Ting, De Jun RichardMAS
+50.4
5.0 pts · #13
3Ho, Xing Ern MeganMAS
+42.4
3.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Kanthakumar, JayhanMAS
-83.6
2.5 pts · #29
2Rathakrishnan, IlanchezhliyanMAS
-32.8
3.0 pts · #26
3Suze, Zi NanMAS
-29.6
2.5 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R1+247 Elo gap
Rathakrishnan, Kaaviya1537 beat Chay, Joon Hoong1784
R3+210 Elo gap
Azha Syahril, Asyraf Firdaus1574 beat Chay, Joon Hoong1784
R1+200 Elo gap
Ho, Xing Ern Megan1472 beat Kamaruzaman, Norazwan1672